diff --git a/backend/poetry.lock b/backend/poetry.lock
index e7d7061e36..aa0df464e9 100644
--- a/backend/poetry.lock
+++ b/backend/poetry.lock
@@ -547,16 +547,16 @@ pyrepl = ">=0.8.2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8"
-version = "3.9.2"
+version = "4.0.1"
 description = "the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
-python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,>=2.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
 
 [package.dependencies]
 mccabe = ">=0.6.0,<0.7.0"
-pycodestyle = ">=2.7.0,<2.8.0"
-pyflakes = ">=2.3.0,<2.4.0"
+pycodestyle = ">=2.8.0,<2.9.0"
+pyflakes = ">=2.4.0,<2.5.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "freezegun"
@@ -855,11 +855,11 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pycodestyle"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 description = "Python style guide checker"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pycountry"
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ email = ["email-validator (>=1.0.3)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyflakes"
-version = "2.3.1"
+version = "2.4.0"
 description = "passive checker of Python programs"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ testing = ["pytest (>=4.6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-flake8", "pytes
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "0c671b64c26a9ba3b51f0ca04f452e344b0fb0f2c99d4c1c1657512b11477220"
+content-hash = "6ecbdcd6424b27ca262d2a22a9d5094eb3091cb7d367989a7bd08771c1985fe9"
 
 [metadata.files]
 amqp = [
@@ -1788,8 +1788,8 @@ fancycompleter = [
     {file = "fancycompleter-0.9.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:09e0feb8ae242abdfd7ef2ba55069a46f011814a80fe5476be48f51b00247272"},
 ]
 flake8 = [
-    {file = "flake8-3.9.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bf8fd333346d844f616e8d47905ef3a3384edae6b4e9beb0c5101e25e3110907"},
-    {file = "flake8-3.9.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:07528381786f2a6237b061f6e96610a4167b226cb926e2aa2b6b1d78057c576b"},
+    {file = "flake8-4.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:479b1304f72536a55948cb40a32dce8bb0ffe3501e26eaf292c7e60eb5e0428d"},
+    {file = "flake8-4.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:806e034dda44114815e23c16ef92f95c91e4c71100ff52813adf7132a6ad870d"},
 ]
 freezegun = [
     {file = "freezegun-0.3.15-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:82c757a05b7c7ca3e176bfebd7d6779fd9139c7cb4ef969c38a28d74deef89b2"},
@@ -2090,8 +2090,8 @@ py = [
     {file = "py-1.10.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:21b81bda15b66ef5e1a777a21c4dcd9c20ad3efd0b3f817e7a809035269e1bd3"},
 ]
 pycodestyle = [
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:514f76d918fcc0b55c6680472f0a37970994e07bbb80725808c17089be302068"},
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c389c1d06bf7904078ca03399a4816f974a1d590090fecea0c63ec26ebaf1cef"},
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.8.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:720f8b39dde8b293825e7ff02c475f3077124006db4f440dcbc9a20b76548a20"},
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:eddd5847ef438ea1c7870ca7eb78a9d47ce0cdb4851a5523949f2601d0cbbe7f"},
 ]
 pycountry = [
     {file = "pycountry-19.8.18.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3c57aa40adcf293d59bebaffbe60d8c39976fba78d846a018dc0c2ec9c6cb3cb"},
@@ -2125,8 +2125,8 @@ pydantic = [
     {file = "pydantic-1.8.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:26464e57ccaafe72b7ad156fdaa4e9b9ef051f69e175dbbb463283000c05ab7b"},
 ]
 pyflakes = [
-    {file = "pyflakes-2.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7893783d01b8a89811dd72d7dfd4d84ff098e5eed95cfa8905b22bbffe52efc3"},
-    {file = "pyflakes-2.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f5bc8ecabc05bb9d291eb5203d6810b49040f6ff446a756326104746cc00c1db"},
+    {file = "pyflakes-2.4.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3bb3a3f256f4b7968c9c788781e4ff07dce46bdf12339dcda61053375426ee2e"},
+    {file = "pyflakes-2.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:05a85c2872edf37a4ed30b0cce2f6093e1d0581f8c19d7393122da7e25b2b24c"},
 ]
 pygments = [
     {file = "Pygments-2.10.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b8e67fe6af78f492b3c4b3e2970c0624cbf08beb1e493b2c99b9fa1b67a20380"},
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 1e9845337e..d1abe7068c 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pytest-factoryboy = "=2.0.3"
 factory-boy = "=3.1.0"
 mypy = "^0.812"
 pdbpp = "^0.10.2"
-flake8 = "^3.7"
+flake8 = "^4.0"
 black = {version = "^20.8b1",allow-prereleases = true}
 requests-mock = "^1.7"
 pytest-mock = "^3.4"